Russia

Rùssia Rússia English thumb|240px|Flag of Russia + <dab!> Alternative forms en Rushia obsolete Etymology en :bor la-new:Russia 14th century 1 From en la-med Russia, from en orv Русь (whence ar رُوس and gkm Ῥῶς), which originally referred to a group of Varangians who established themselves near Kiev in the 9th century and ruled Kievan Rus; probably from en urj-fin-pro *roocci, from en non-oen *roþs- related to rowing; related to en non Roþrslandi the land of rowing, an older name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Ultimately from en non róðr steering oar, from en gem-pro *rōþrą rudder, from en ine-pro *h₁reh₁- to row. en Russ -ia<id:place>. c 1390s. en Rossiya. Pronunciation en /ˈɹʌʃə/ RP,US en en-us-Russia.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Russia.wav Southern England en /ˈɹʊʃə/ Northern England en /ˈɾʌʃə/ Scotland,Wales en /ˈɹʌ.ʃɐ/ /ˈɹʊ.ʃɐ/ Philippines en Rus sia en ʌʃə 2 en rusher non-rhotic Proper noun ~ en Q159en A transcontinental <<country>> in <<r/Eastern Europe,North Asia>> Moscow Russia,Russian Federation 1. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991. en 1972 w:Back Stabbers w:The O'Jays w:Love Train The next stop that we make will be England / Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too / Don't you know that it's time to get on board? / And let this train keep on riding, riding on through en Kaitlan Collins, Manu Raju, Kate Sullivan, MJ Lee and John Harwood Biden calls for suspending normal trade relations with Russia and will ban imports of vodka and seafood w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/russia-trade-status-us-g7-eu-biden 2022-03-10 “Revoking PNTR for Russia is going to make it harder for Russia to do business with the United States and doing it in unison with other nations that make up half of the global economy will be another crushing blow to the Russian economy that’s already suffering very badly from our sanctions,” Biden said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250604072057/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/russia-trade-status-us-g7-eu-biden 4 June 2025 en Rhea Mogul Russia can’t meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/india/india-russia-arms-delivery-ukraine-war-intl-hnk 2023-03-24 Russia is unable to honor its arms delivery commitments to India because of the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said, placing a potential strain on New Delhi’s relationship with its largest defense supplier as Moscow attempts to ramp up weapons production. https://web.archive.org/web/20251125183645/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/india/india-russia-arms-delivery-ukraine-war-intl-hnk 25 November 2025 en historical loosely The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR). en historical The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917. en 1911 Ukraine 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Ukraine en historical dated Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev. en 1911 Ukraine 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Ukraine en dated countable Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia). en 1842 George Eliot Letter to Cara Bray Selections from George Eliot's letters 24 Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias — the empire over self. en 1911 Ukraine 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Ukraine en 1914 Russia and the Russian People Then there is White Russia and Red Russia, Great Russia and Little Russia, Russia of the Frozen North and Russia of the Far East — a Russia equally dangerous to every one of her neighbours en place c/USA: en twp co/Polk County s/Minnesota. en ucomm twp:Suf/Jefferson co/Morris County s/New Jersey. en town co/Herkimer County s/New York. en village twp:Suf/Loramie co/Shelby County s/Ohio. Synonyms Check usage notes in linked entries to see whether they are slang, offensive, etc. en Rossia Rossiia Rossija Rossiya Russian Federation RF Orcistan Mordor RuSSia Ruzzia Meronyms en Siberia en Novaya Zemlya Derived terms en Black Russia Blue Russia European Russia Great Russia Kievan Russia Little Russia Mother Russia New Russia Red Russia Russia calf Russia drab Tsardom of Russia Russia iron Russia leather Russia linen Russia Alba Russia matting Russia oil Russia musquash Russia crash Asian Russia Russia braid Russia ashes Russian Russiaball RuSSia White Russia Descendants bn রাশিয়া 1 my ရုရှား 1 dv ރަށިއާ 1 ha Rasha 1 haw Lūkia Rūsia 1 hi रशिया 1 iu ᐅᓛᓴ 1 ko 러시아 1 lo ລັດເຊັຽ ຣັດເຊັຽ 1 ms Rusia 1 ml റഷ്യ 1 mi Rūhia 1 mr रशिया 1 rar Rūtia 1 ru Ра́ша 1 ss iRashiya 1 ta ரஷ்யா 1 th รัสเซีย 1 uk Ра́ша 1 xh IRashiya 1 yo Rọ́ṣíà 1 zu iRashiya 1 Translations Q159 country in Eastern Europe and North Asia Abkhaz: ab Урыстәыла Acehnese: ace Rusia Afrikaans: af Rusland Ainu: ain ヌチャ nuca, ain ヌチャ モシㇼ nuca mosir, ain ヌチャ モシㇽ nuca mosir Akan: ak Russia, ak Rɔhyea, ak Rahyia Albanian: sq Rusi f indefinite, sq Rusia f definite Altai: Northern Altai: atv Россия Southern Altai: alt Россия Amharic: am ሩሲያ, am ሩስያ Arabic: ar رُوسِيَا f Aragonese: an Rusia Aramaic: arc ܪܘܣܝܐ rūsiyā Armenian: hy Ռուսաստան, hy Ռուսիա Western Armenian Aromanian: rup Rusii f, rup Arusii f indefinite, rup Rusia f, rup Arusia f definite Assamese: as ৰুচিয়া Asturian: ast Rusia f Avar: av Россия, av ГӀурусалӀ Azerbaijani: az Rusiya Cyrillic: az Русия Bambara: bm Risila Banjarese: bjn Rusia Banyumasan: map-bms Rusia Bashkir: ba Рәсәй, ba Русия, ba Рөҫиә Basque: eu Errusia Belarusian: be Расі́я f, be Расе́я f Taraškievica, be Расе́йшчына f Taraškievica rare Latin: be Rasieja m łacinka, sh Ruska f obsolete, sh Ruska f obsolete Bengali: bn রাশিয়া Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Rusya Breton: br Rusia Bulgarian: bg Ру́сия f Burmese: my ရုရှား Buryat: bua Росси, bua Орос улас, bua Орос Carpathian Rusyn: rue Росі́я f Catalan: ca Rússia f Cebuano: ceb Rusya Chamorro: ch Russia Chavacano: cbk Rusia Chechen: ce Оьрсий, ce Росси Cherokee: chr ᎶᏏᏴ, chr ᏲᏂᏱ, chr ᏲᏂᎢ, chr ᏲᏅᎯ Cheyenne: chy Russia Chichewa: ny Russia Chinese: Cantonese: yue 俄國 ngo4 gwok3, yue 俄羅斯 ngo4 lo4 si1 Dungan: dng Вурус, dng Россия Eastern Min: cdo 俄羅斯 Ngò̤-lò̤-sṳ̆ Hakka: hak 俄羅斯 Ngò-lò-sṳ̂ Hokkien: nan-hbl 露西亞 Lō͘-se-a, nan-hbl 俄羅斯 Gô-lô-su, nan-hbl 俄國 Ngô͘-kok Mandarin: cmn 俄羅斯 Éluósī; cmn 俄國 Éguó; cmn 露西亞 Lùxīyǎ dated Northeastern Jiaoliao ACG Wu: wuu 俄羅斯, wuu 羅宋 Shanghainese dated Chuvash: cv Раҫҫей Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Урысей West Circassian: ady Урысый Coptic: cop Ⲣⲱⲥⲓⲁ f Cornish: kw Russi Crimean Tatar: crh Rusiye Czech: cs Rusko n Danish: da Rusland Dhivehi: dv ރޫސީވިލާތް, dv ރަށިއާ Dutch: nl Rusland n Dzongkha: dz ཨུ་རུ་སུ Erzya: myv Россия, myv Рузонь Мастор Esperanto: eo Rusio, eo Rusujo, eo Ruslando Estonian: et Venemaa Farefare: gur Dusgo Faroese: fo Russland n Fijian: fj Rusi Fiji Hindi: hif Russia Finnish: fi Venäjä Franco-Provençal: frp Russie French: fr Russie f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ruslân n Fula: ff Roosiya Gagauz: gag Rusiya Galician: gl Rusia f Georgian: ka რუსეთი German: de Russland n Alemannic German: gsw Russland Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Russlond Palatine Greek: el Ρωσία f, el Ρωσσία Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Rrusia, gug Rrúsia Gujarati: gu રશિયા Haitian Creole: ht Risi Hausa: ha Rasha f Rāshà Hawaiian: haw Lūkia Hebrew: he רוּסְיָה f rúsya, he רַאצְיָה ratsyá Hindi: hi रूस m, hi रशिया m Hungarian: hu Oroszország Hunsrik: hrx Russland n Icelandic: is Rússland n Ido: io Rusia Indonesian: id Rusia Ingrian: izh Venät Ingush: inh Россе, inh Эрсече Interlingua: ia Russia Inuktitut: iu ᐅᓛᓴ Inupiaq: ik Russia Irish: ga Rúis f An Rúis Italian: it Russia f Japanese: ja ロシア Roshia, ja 魯西亜 Roshia dated pejorative, ja 露西亜 Roshia dated, ja 露国 Rokoku dated, ja 魯国 Rokoku dated pejorative Javanese: jv Ruslan Kabuverdianu: kea Rúsia Kabyle: kab Rrus Kalmyk: xal Әрәсә Written Oirat: xwo ᡆᠷᡆᠰ Kannada: kn ರಷ್ಯಾ Karachay-Balkar: krc Росей, krc Эресей, krc Россей Karaim: kdr Россия Rossiya Karakalpak: kaa Rossiya Karelian: krl Veneä Kashmiri: ks रूस, ks روٗس Kashubian: csb Ruskô n Kazakh: kk Ресей Resei Arabic: kk روسيا, kk رەسەي Khakas: kjh Россия Khmer: km រុស្ស៊ី, km រុស្សី Kikuyu: ki Russia Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv Рочму, kpv Россия Korean: ko ^러시아 South Korea, ko ^로씨야 North Korea, ko ^노국(露國) obsolete, ko ^로국(露國) obsolete, North Korea, ko ^노서아(露西亞) obsolete, ko ^로서아(露西亞) obsolete, North Korea, ko ^아라사(俄羅斯) obsolete Krymchak: jct Русьйе Kumyk: kum Россия Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ڕووسیا, ckb ئوورس, ckb ئوورستان Northern Kurdish: kmr Rûsya, kmr Ûris, kmr Ûristan Kyrgyz: ky Оруссия, ky Россия Ladino: lad Rusia Lak: lbe Аьрасат Lao: lo ລັດເຊັຽ, lo ຣັດເຊັຽ Latgalian: ltg Krīveja f Latin: la Russia f, la Ruthenia f Latvian: lv Krievija f Laz: lzz რუსეთი Lezgi: lez Урусат Ligurian: lij Rùscia f Limburgish: li Rösland Lithuanian: lt Rusija f Livonian: liv Krīevõmō Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Ruslaand n German Low German: nds-de Russland n Lü: khb ᦵᦁᦲᧉᦷᦅᧉ Luxembourgish: lb Russland Macedonian: mk Ру́сија f Malagasy: mg Rosia Malay: ms Rusia, ms Rusyiya obsolete Malayalam: ml റഷ്യ Maltese: mt Russja f Manchu: mnc ᠣᡵᠣᠰ, mnc ᠯᠣᠴᠠ Māori: mi Rūhia Marathi: mr रशिया Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Россий Mazanderani: mzn ئوروسیا Mirandese: mwl Rússia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Орос Mongolian script: mn ᠣᠷᠤᠰ Nauruan: na Russia Navajo: nv Biʼééʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah Nepali: ne रूस, ne रसिया Nogai: nog Ресей Norman: nrf Russie f Northern Sotho: nso Russia Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Russland n Nynorsk: nn Russland n Odia: or ରୁଷିଆ, or ରୁସିଆ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Рѡсїꙗ f Glagolitic: cu Ⱃⱉⱄⰹⱑ f Old English: ang Russland Old Norse: non Ruzía f, non Ruzaland n Old Ruthenian: zle-ort Россїꙗ Ossetian: os Уӕрӕсе Pangasinan: pag Rusia Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Русия f Papiamentu: pap Rusia Pashto: ps روسيه f rusya Pennsylvania German: pdc Russland Persian: Dari: prs رُوسِیَه Iranian Persian: fa-ira روسِیِه Piedmontese: pms Russia Plautdietsch: pdt Russlaunt n Polish: pl Rosja f, pl Moskwa f outdated or bookish Portuguese: pt Rússia f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਰੂਸ m Shahmukhi: pa رُوس m Quechua: qu Rusiya Rarotongan: rar Rūtia Romanian: ro Rusia f Cyrillic: ro Русия f Romansh: rm Russia Russenorsk: crp-rsn Rusleien Russian: ru Росси́я f see there for more synonyms, ru Русь f poetic Sami: Inari Sami: smn Ruoššâ Kildin Sami: sjd Рӯшш е̄ммьне, sjd Рӯшше̄ммьне Lule Sami: smj Russlánda Northern Sami: se Ruošša Skolt Sami: sms Ruõššjânnam Southern Sami: sma Russlaante Samoan: sm Lusia Scots: sco Roushie Scottish Gaelic: gd Ruis f an Ruis Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ру̀сија f Latin: sh Rùsija f Sicilian: scn Russia Silesian: szl Rusyjo f Sindhi: sd روس rūsu Sinhalese: si රුසියාව Slovak: sk Rusko n Slovene: sl Rúsija f Somali: so Ruush Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Rusojska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Ruska f Spanish: es Rusia f Sranan Tongo: srn Rosiakondre Sundanese: su Rusia Swahili: sw Urusi Swazi: ss iRashiya Swedish: sv Ryssland n Tabasaran: tab Урусат Tagalog: tl Rusya Tajik: tg Русия Tamil: ta உருசியா, ta ரஷ்யா Tatar: tt Россия, tt Русия, tt Рәсәй Telugu: te రష్యా Tetum: tet Rúsia Thai: th รัสเซีย Tibetan: bo ཨུ་རུ་སུ, bo རྒྱ་སེར Tigrinya: ti ሩስያ, ti ራሻ Tongan: to Lūsia Tsonga: ts Russia Turkish: tr Rusya Turkmen: tk Russiýa Cyrillic: tk Руссия Tuvan: tyv Россия Udmurt: udm Россия Ukrainian: uk Росі́я f Urdu: ur رُوس m, ur رَشِیا m Uyghur: ug روسىيە Uzbek: uz Rossiya, uz Oʻrusiya Cyrillic: uz Россия, uz Ўрусия Venda: ve Rashia Venetan: vec Rusia f Veps: vep Venäma Vietnamese: vi Nga (vi 俄), vi Nga La Tư (vi 俄羅斯) obsolete Volapük: vo Rusän, vo Lusän pre-1929 form Võro: vro Vinnemaa Votic: vot Venäje Walloon: wa Rûsseye Waray-Waray: war Rusya Welsh: cy Rwsia f West Flemish: vls Rusland Wolof: wo Riisi Xhosa: xh IRashiya Xibe: sjo Yaghnobi: yai Расия Yakut: sah Россия, sah Арассыыйа Yiddish: yi רוסלאַנד n Yoruba: yo Rọ́ṣíà Zazaki: zza Rusya Zealandic: zea Rusland Zhuang: za Ngozlozswh Zulu: zu iRashiya Noun ~ en Russia leather. en 1914 Shoe and Leather Journal 27 36 Dull Russias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers. See also Countries of the world en former Soviet Union en former USSR en Soviet Union historical en USSR historical Further reading Name of Russia Anagrams en airssu Sauris en exonyms Interlingua Proper noun ia proper noun ia Russia Q159 Italian it: Etymology 1538, from it la-med Russī Russians. Ultimately from it gkm Ῥωσία. Pronunciation Rùssia it Proper noun f it Russia Q159 Related terms it russo it russofilo it RUS See also it rutenio it ruteno Anagrams it airssu Sauris russai usarsi ussari it exonyms Latin la: Alternative forms la Rossia Etymology la :af orv:Русь -ia 1 11th-century Latinisation of la orv:Русь -ia<pos:suffix forming country names>. la Russus -ia. Pronunciation Proper noun Russia<1> la New Latin la Russia Q159 Declension Russia<1> Synonyms la Ruthenia Derived terms la russicus